Empirical Brew Pub

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DISH MACHINE IN PREP AREA NOT SANITIZING PROPERLY, SANITARIAN AND EMPLOYEE OBSERVED TEST STRIPS. UNIT TAGGED. INSTRUCTED TO DISCONTINUE USE AND HAVE UNIT SERVICED. BUSINESS NOT OPERATING AT THIS TIME, NO CITATION GIVEN. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 8Priority
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE OR A VALID CERTIFICATE POSTED FOR PUBLIC VIEW. ESTABLISHMENT IS SHARING KITCHEN WITH CATERERS, BUT DOES NOT HAVE A SHARED KITCHEN LICENSE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN A SHARED KITCHEN LICENSE, CONTACT DBA. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012.
  code 21
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXCESSIVE ICE ACCUMULATION IN PREP COOLERS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LEAK AT EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE PREP AREA, AND AT THE DISH MACHINE, AND THE ICE MACHINE DRAIN PIPE, IN HALL ADJACENT TO THE KITCHEN. ALSO, AN EXPOSED HAND SINK IN MENS TOILET ROOM ON THE 2ND FLOOR IS NOT WORKING (TWO OTHER HAND SINKS ARE WORKING).INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 38

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Compared with No Entry on April 11, 2016: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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